Holder for brushes and combs



April 29 1924. 7 1,491,994

J. B. MCDERMOTT HOLDER FOR BRUSHES AND COMBS Original Filed Nov. 6, 1920Patented Apr. 29, 1924.

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Application filed November '6, 1920, Serial No. 422,222; Renewed March13, 1924'.

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.Be it known that I, J AMES B.- MoDnnuorr, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Peoria, county of Peoria, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holdersfor ,Brushes and Combs, of which the following is a specification.

My. invention relates to an elastic device for holding securely articlessuch as their brushes,- tooth brushes and" combs,.yet alsuchholder.

A. preferred and satisfactory embodiment of my invention-is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of the device,with a hair-brush, twoto'othbrushes, and three combs held" therein Figs.2, 3, 4: and 5 are sections on an enlarged scale, taken respectively onthe correspondinglynumbered lines of Fig. 1, the brush being omittedfrom Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a section similar to Fig. 5 but showing thebrush in a different position.

The holder comprises a board or carrier 10 which is nailed or otherwisesecured to the wall or other suitable support. At the lower portion ofthis carrier I have shown a tooth-brush holder made of a wire 11, thebody of which is horizontal, its ends being secured to the carrier 10 bynails or other fasteners 12 passing through eyes formed by bending thextremities of the wire. Between said attached ends the wire 11 is formedinto one or more elastic helical coils 13, between adjacent convolutionsof which the handle 14: of a tooth-brush 15 may be inserted as shown inFigs. 1 and 2. The axis of said coils 13 is horizontal, and theiradjacent convolutions yield readily to allow the brush handle to beinserted or withdrawn, yet will grip it with suflicient firmness toguard against accidental knocking off or falling off.

Adjacent to one of the side edges of the carrier 10 is located a brushand comb holder cooperating with the tooth-brush holder described above.This brush and comb holder is mainly vertical, and is preferably made ofa wire 16 which is thicker or stiffer than the wire 11, the upper end ofsaid wire 16 being secured to the carrier 10 by means of. a nail orother fastener 17 passed through an eye formed at said end of the wire.The upper portion of the wire 16 is formed into a helical coil 18 havinga vertical axis, and the lower portion of'said wire is heldinpositionbetween the carrier. 10 (against which it lies) and a sharpsecuring or holding bend '19 in the horizontal wire 11 (see Fig. 4 thebody portions of both wires 11 and 16 lying against the surface of thecarrier 10. The

coil 18, betweenadjacent turns, is adapted to holdelastically combs 20,as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, insubstantially the same man- 'ner thatthecoils 13 hold the tooth brushes $15., 2 lowing them to. be removedreadily from I wardly and inwardly, as at 23, then doubled as at 25!,then bent back and outward as at 25, then inward and rearward, as at 26,then looped under and over the wire portion 22, as at 27, and thenformed into slanting portions 28, 29 and a doubled forward end 30substantially symmetrical to the wire portions 26, 25 and 24respectively. The brush 21 is fastened in this holder by first insertingit with one edge of the brush handle toward the carrier 10, as shown inFig. 6, and then turning the brush about a vertical axis about 90, inone direction or the other, to bring the handle to the position shown inFig. 5, in which the edges of the handle will fit into the rounded seatsat the junction of the wire portions 25, 26 and 28, 29 respectively, thedoubled portions 24, 30 being sprung apart slightly by the pressure ofsaid handle, and the inward pressure of the two opposing holder membersclamping or maintaining the brush 21 in position socurely. V

The wire 16 is preferably made thicker or stiffer than the wire 11 inView of the greater size and weight of the articles to be coil adaptedto hold a tooth-brush or the like, the body of said wire being incontact with said carrier, and being formed with a bend projecting fromthe carrier, and a substantially vertical wire the body of which liesagainst the surface of said carrier and 3 passes between saidbend of theother wire and the carrier, the upper end ofsai'd vertical wire beingfastened to thecarrier, and the :upper portion of said wire being formedwith a coil adapted to hold a comb or the like, while the portion ofsaid vertical wire below the horizontal wire is formed with an elasticclamp open forwardly and adapted to hold the handle of a hair-brush; orthe like, the axes of said coils being parallel to the general directionof the respective wires.

2. A device of the character described comprising a carrier having afiat portion, a brush holder secured thereto comprising a wire bent toform a forwardly projecting L shaped leg, said wire doubled back to forma second L shaped leg conforming to and in contacting relation with thefirst mentioned leg,--said wire beingtwisted arounditself at I the innerend oftheflegs adjacent the carrier, and then bent forwardly to form a.

third L shaped leg, in opposed relation to the 'first mentioned legswhereby a widened throat presenting opposed recesses intermediate theends of the legs is formed and said throat terminating in a constrictedopening, said opposed recesses adapted to securely hold a flat handledbrush with the flats or then bent outwardly and rearwardly, theninwardly and rearwardly, then looped around said outwardlyand forwardlybent portion, then bent outwardly and forwardly to the .o'therside, theninwardly iand xforwardly, and finally doubled to correspond to thefirst-nameddoubled portion, to form an elastic clamp open at its:forwa-rd portion.

'In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. I

- JAMES B. MoDERMO-TT.

